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The rise and fall of the world's best curriculum
September 9th, 2026•asteriskmag.substack.com
We need an AI adverse event reporting system
September 8th, 2026•asteriskmag.substack.com
Behind the scenes: After Work, We’ll Have Each Other
September 3rd, 2026•asteriskmag.substack.com
We already know what a world without work looks like
September 2nd, 2026•asteriskmag.substack.com
Universities will survive AI – but will academics?
August 26th, 2026•asteriskmag.substack.com
Why can’t technologists and economists agree on AI?
August 20th, 2026•asteriskmag.substack.com
Field notes from an AI society
August 19th, 2026•asteriskmag.substack.com
What Silicon Valley gets wrong about taste
August 12th, 2026•asteriskmag.substack.com
How diplomats see the world
August 5th, 2026•asteriskmag.substack.com
What should we do about all this AI money?
July 30th, 2026•asteriskmag.substack.com
What happens to countries that don't build frontier AI?
July 29th, 2026•asteriskmag.substack.com
How two socialist brothers helped automate America’s hardest job
July 22nd, 2026•asteriskmag.substack.com
The politics of foreign aid
July 16th, 2026•asteriskmag.substack.com
The gender equality paradox that wasn't
July 9th, 2026•asteriskmag.substack.com
What's the state of PEPFAR now?
July 2nd, 2026•asteriskmag.substack.com
The case against randomized controlled trials
July 1st, 2026•asteriskmag.substack.com
What is it like to live in a world you believe is about to end?
June 24th, 2026•asteriskmag.substack.com
Can we pay to prevent global war?
June 17th, 2026•asteriskmag.substack.com
Write for us! Now accepting pitches for Issue 16: Flourishing
June 16th, 2026•asteriskmag.substack.com
How long until AI doesn’t need humans?
June 10th, 2026•asteriskmag.substack.com